32nd Meeting of Academic Council - IGNOU

or credit worth of MECP-001 to be reviewed in the light of overall
experience gained in the matter by other Schools. In view of the
above decision, the School of Social Sciences has included MEC-009
(Research Methods in Economics) as a six credit course in M.A.
(Economics) 2 nd year. The expert committee finalized the course
structure for the same which was approved by the School Board of
School of Social Sciences at its 37 th Meeting held on 25.11.2005.
ACSC 17.12.2 The ACSC considered and approved the Course Structure
(Appendix-10) of MEC-009 (Research Methods in Economics), as a
Compulsory Course of M.A. (Economics), 2 nd Year with the direction
that the syllabus be sent to Director, Academic Coordination for
record.
ITEM NO. 13
To consider and approve change of MBA Degree format.
ACSC 17.13.1
Dr. S.K.Mohapatra, Registrar, SRE informed the members that the
Academic Council at its meeting held on May 28, 1992 re-designated
the Advanced Diploma in Management as PG Diploma in
Management and similarly four specialization diplomas as PG
Diplomas in Human Resource Management, Financial Management,
Operations Management and Marketing Management respectively
effective from January, 1994. The students who were registered prior
to 1994 but are completing the programme now after getting reregistering
themselves for the courses are still being awarded
diplomas instead of PG Diplomas just because their enrollment
number indicates pre-1994. The University has received several
requests and a legal notice has also been in this regard. The Academic
Council at its meeting held on 5.7.1991, while considering the coursewise
registration in Management programme, had raised a question
“as to how the several diplomas like, DIM, ADIM and the
Specialized Diplomas awarded to the students should be treated,
when the student is finally awarded the MBA Degree which
subsumed all these diplomas. The Council noted that since the
diplomas were awarded at Convocation, it may not be
appropriate to withdraw the diplomas while awarding the MBA
degree; however, it should be possible to devise a suitable format
of certification to meet the issue raised. This may be examined”
(AC 4.4.5). In pursuance of the Academic Council’s observations, the
new format of MBA Degree has been revised and placed at
Appendix-11.